The first species of the genus Triacanthella to be recorded from Africa is described. Triacanthella madiba
sp. n. belongs to the Southern Hemisphere group of the genus. It is morphologically closely related to T.
vogeli ...

We document and assess management options for the first reported invasion of Melaleuca parvistaminea Byrnes (initially identified asM. ericifolia) in the world, in the context of a South African wetland ecosystem. Delimitation ...

Mechanistic models of the impacts of climate change on insects can be seen as very specific hypotheses about the connections between microclimate, ecophysiology and vital
rates. These models must adequately capture ...

Non-native fish are considered the most important threat to the survival of the indigenous freshwater fishes in the
Cape Floristic Region (CFR). A pilot project to evaluate the use of the piscicide rotenone to eradicate ...

We report the first discovery of the marine amphipod Caprella mutica (Schurin, 1935), commonly known as the Japanese skeleton shrimp, in South African waters. This amphipod is indigenous to north-east Asia and has invaded ...

Harbours are known introduction foci of marine alien species. They act as recipients of new introductions and as sources for
regional spread. We report on subtidal surveys of fouling communities from 14 harbours along the ...

A full-factorial study of the effects of rates of temperature change and start temperatures was undertaken for both upper and lower critical thermal limits (CTLs) using the tsetse fly, Glossina pallidipes. Results show ...

The fundamental equation of the metabolic theory of ecology (MTE) indicates
that most of the variation in metabolic rate are a consequence of variation in
organismal size and environmental temperature. Although evolution ...